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than 'tis senator mike lee. fearless mike lee. less a side kick than a groupie. a reality blinded worshipper. a ted cruz flunky. now the word flunky, calls into question mike lee's intelligence. as well it should. he has real competition for the title of least intelligence senator. but he has absolutely no competition for least politically intelligent senator. he represents the state of utah. he is a champion of not just shutting down the affordable care act but shutting down the government. hive if he cannot shut down affordable care act. he is a champion. because his exploitative leader, ted cruz told hem to im to suppe strategy. what he did not tell his flunky, junior senator from utah, utah's largest employ yeer its the government of the united states of america. the government that mike lee has helped shut down. here's how mike lee's position is playing in to taupe. utah jobless claims spike with federal shuttledown. frustration reigns in wake of yellowstone closure. shutdown prompts emergency declarations in utah. utah would have nothing without massive sup
than 'tis senator mike lee. fearless mike lee. less a side kick than a groupie. a reality blinded worshipper. a ted cruz flunky. now the word flunky, calls into question mike lee's intelligence. as well it should. he has real competition for the title of least intelligence senator. but he has absolutely no competition for least politically intelligent senator. he represents the state of utah. he is a champion of not just shutting down the affordable care act but shutting down the government....
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ted cruz has told mike lee many things mike lee wanted to hear. but ted cruz never told mike lee anything that mike lee needed to hear for his own political survival. so mike lee is now discovering to his shock that utah doesn't like what he is doing. one utah poll asked the question -- is the obama care fight worth shutting down the federal government? 37% agree with the position. 56% of utah disagrees with their junior senator. in a state where 73% of the voters voted for republican candidate for president in november. barack obama carried 25% of the vote. in utah. in the last election. and 56% of those voters now agree with president obama. that the federal government should not have been shutdown. a university poll asked the question, what should mike lee do? now i know there is a lot of possible answers to that question. like, you know, quilt. or take an economics course. well, a lot of possible answers. pollsters know that. what they lick to do is give you two to choose from. just two questions. so, to the question of what should mike lee do
ted cruz has told mike lee many things mike lee wanted to hear. but ted cruz never told mike lee anything that mike lee needed to hear for his own political survival. so mike lee is now discovering to his shock that utah doesn't like what he is doing. one utah poll asked the question -- is the obama care fight worth shutting down the federal government? 37% agree with the position. 56% of utah disagrees with their junior senator. in a state where 73% of the voters voted for republican candidate...
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mike lee, obviously, mike lee is going to recover. i know the guy. he's a really nice guy. he's not up for what four years? the problem, ted cruz, for instance the guy may want to be president one day. you don't want to be favorable to the 20s, unfavorable in the 40. >> that may be a tougher ship to turn around. but all in all, you are not fretting or sweating about these numbers? >> i was totally oblivious or had more perspective on what was going on. i would say there is totally ridiculous amount of hysteria among donors. they didn't like the shutdown. i didn't like it either. the republican tactic, they are on total meltdown and panic, as if a two-week shutdown had no effect on anything. it will be forgotten in a month. >> let me challenge you here. the polls as we all know the polls can change in two months those can turn around. i'm hearing it, too, you can hear it off the record, business people, a guy comes up to me, i have been a republican my whole life. i have to run a be i can't have a government shutdown every two or three months, before the whole thing was reso
mike lee, obviously, mike lee is going to recover. i know the guy. he's a really nice guy. he's not up for what four years? the problem, ted cruz, for instance the guy may want to be president one day. you don't want to be favorable to the 20s, unfavorable in the 40. >> that may be a tougher ship to turn around. but all in all, you are not fretting or sweating about these numbers? >> i was totally oblivious or had more perspective on what was going on. i would say there is totally...
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he seems like a nice guy. >> mike lee, the guy is upside down in utah. >> if you are mike lee today and a couple of months saying this ted cruz guy is really smart. i'm on board. what are you thinking today? >> why did i get in the car with ted cruz. >> why? why? >> ted cruz is upside down, man. the numbers are well-deserved and well-earned. he took 40 or 50 sheep from the house gop and walked them into an l-shaped ambush and considerable damage to his party. i think major damage to the speakership of john boehner. >> a lot of people will be saying -- not a lot of people, but people on the far right will say these are all a bunch of people who don't want the republicans. this is just the debate. this is a disastrous move. republicans on capitol hill understand this. the "wall street journal." i can go down the long list. you just wonder, who are the people who are still adhering to this strategy? why haven't they come out and held a press conference and said we screwed up? we screwed up and made a terrible mistake. we should have focused like paul ryan on saving entitlements and reformi
he seems like a nice guy. >> mike lee, the guy is upside down in utah. >> if you are mike lee today and a couple of months saying this ted cruz guy is really smart. i'm on board. what are you thinking today? >> why did i get in the car with ted cruz. >> why? why? >> ted cruz is upside down, man. the numbers are well-deserved and well-earned. he took 40 or 50 sheep from the house gop and walked them into an l-shaped ambush and considerable damage to his party. i...
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>> god bless ted cruz and mike lee! >> our veterans should be above politics. >> you look around, though, and you see these barricades. this is a matter of shutdown priorities. >> understand the political spectacle at this weekend's million vet march, you have to go back two weeks when republicans shut down the government, furloughing hundreds of thousands of government workers, including many of the park rangers who patrol our war memorials, you may remember one republican personally berated a park ranger for the shutdown he helped cause. >> park service should be ashamed of themselves. >> i'm not ashamed. >> you should be. >> and the circus was on. republicans and their allies tried to sell closing of the world war ii memorial as an evil obama plot. >> they want to make sure that world war ii veterans get shut out. >> to put up barricades to keep them away from their greatest accomplishments is an absolute sin. >> it's un-american and it's despicable. >> and all of this political fear was to force the president's hand
>> god bless ted cruz and mike lee! >> our veterans should be above politics. >> you look around, though, and you see these barricades. this is a matter of shutdown priorities. >> understand the political spectacle at this weekend's million vet march, you have to go back two weeks when republicans shut down the government, furloughing hundreds of thousands of government workers, including many of the park rangers who patrol our war memorials, you may remember one...
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senators ted cruz and mike lee. thanks for being with us. >> great to be with you. >> thanks, sean. >> assuming the house votes the way we think they will. premiums will skyrocket. jobs will be lost. part-time status for people that want to work more hours will be gone. we have this train wreck of a roll out. what's your reaction, senator cruz? >> this is a lousy deal for the american people. this is a classic instance of the washington establishment selling the american people down the river. this deal does nothing for millions of people hurting because of oh obama care. for young people coming out of school who can't find a job because of bamg, this deal does nothing. for the single moms force theed into part time work to feed their kids on 29 hours a week, this does nothing. for the seener i don't say and people with disabilities being told, gting letters in the mail that they are losing their health insurance this does nothing. it is unfortunate of the washington establishment once again not listening to the ame
senators ted cruz and mike lee. thanks for being with us. >> great to be with you. >> thanks, sean. >> assuming the house votes the way we think they will. premiums will skyrocket. jobs will be lost. part-time status for people that want to work more hours will be gone. we have this train wreck of a roll out. what's your reaction, senator cruz? >> this is a lousy deal for the american people. this is a classic instance of the washington establishment selling the american...
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mike lee can't stop obama care. we have -- we have two more, three more -- gentlemen, ladies, thank you -- thank you
mike lee can't stop obama care. we have -- we have two more, three more -- gentlemen, ladies, thank you -- thank you
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mike lee can't stop obama care. we have -- we have two more, three more -- gentlemen, ladies, thank you -- thank you for your passion, but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. it is unfortunate -- it is unfortunate that the administration -- [ crowd noise ] [ crowd chanting usa, usa, usa, usa ] you know, the nice thing is the left will always, always, always tell you who they fear. and they fear you.
mike lee can't stop obama care. we have -- we have two more, three more -- gentlemen, ladies, thank you -- thank you for your passion, but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. it is unfortunate -- it is unfortunate that the administration -- [ crowd noise ] [ crowd chanting usa, usa, usa, usa ] you know, the nice thing is the left will always, always, always tell you who they fear. and they fear you.
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it ted cruz and mike lee. i mean, this was quasi official. what are these people doing? >> well, they're getting re-elected, is the main thing they're doing. and -- >> by suggesting the president of the united states is -- is islamic and worships, as it were, an eastern religion they regard or deride? >> it certainly builds their fund-raising base. it builds their list. it builds -- it builds their national esteem. you know, it remains to be seen if even ted cruz could take it too far. you know, you've got wendy davis running in texas in 2014, and there's this ongoing attempt by democrats down there to turn that state purple. so, you know, it's possible that ted cruz could take it too far, and actually lose in texas. but i don't think that he plans on running for re-election. i think this is a quick game he's playing. he wants to catapult this into a white house bid, and if that doesn't work, he'll just move on to something else. so there's nothing disincentivizing any of the behavior you saw on display at the white house. >> aaron, you might think it can't get any worse
it ted cruz and mike lee. i mean, this was quasi official. what are these people doing? >> well, they're getting re-elected, is the main thing they're doing. and -- >> by suggesting the president of the united states is -- is islamic and worships, as it were, an eastern religion they regard or deride? >> it certainly builds their fund-raising base. it builds their list. it builds -- it builds their national esteem. you know, it remains to be seen if even ted cruz could take it...
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i don't think mike lee has that same bluster. so ted cruz can intimidate people. i don't think mike lee does. >> if we talk about obama care, we know secretary sebelius will head to testify next week answering questions about the federal health website. we know that your home state's governor of kentucky has done a very good job with getting the uninsured in kentucky up and running and it's one of the success stories in the country now. as we look at mitch mcconnell, he's among seven gop senators who could be primaried because they dared to compromise on the shutdown. do you think that mcconnell will get blow-back or could the fact that obama care is actually doing well in kentucky insulate him from a party attack? >> well, he actually already has been primaried. a mat named matt bevins is running against him so he already has a tea party opponent and a pretty strong one. mitch mcconnell has been lying to the people of kentucky for the last four years about the affordable care act and those lies are catching up to him now because people are beginning to understand
i don't think mike lee has that same bluster. so ted cruz can intimidate people. i don't think mike lee does. >> if we talk about obama care, we know secretary sebelius will head to testify next week answering questions about the federal health website. we know that your home state's governor of kentucky has done a very good job with getting the uninsured in kentucky up and running and it's one of the success stories in the country now. as we look at mitch mcconnell, he's among seven gop...
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there aren't very many good polls if your name is ted cruz, especially and also mike lee. look, they made a choice back in the summer. even the late spring when they went on this defund obama care strategy instead of the strategy of trying to get a conference committee to hash out a budget for fiscal year 2014. the calculateded strategy was if we show that we will do anything we can and even things that we cannot do to attack obama care in a way that shows more grit, it won't matter if we are rou roundly criticized by most of the people because we will be articulated the frustrations of a long frustrated and for many good reason, gop base and particularly tea party base, so they've known it's a losing minority strategy for a long time. they've chosen to do it any way, thinking down to their personal benefit and also let's keep out there they think it's legitimately the best thing for the country. >> so, what i am seeing now and because you're from reason and reason is covered ron paul a lot and ron paul was a very important figure, is a kind of creeping ron paulism that's
there aren't very many good polls if your name is ted cruz, especially and also mike lee. look, they made a choice back in the summer. even the late spring when they went on this defund obama care strategy instead of the strategy of trying to get a conference committee to hash out a budget for fiscal year 2014. the calculateded strategy was if we show that we will do anything we can and even things that we cannot do to attack obama care in a way that shows more grit, it won't matter if we are...
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mike lee, the republican of utah, was on the floor. he was railing against the federal healthcare law which he calls obamacare. if you recall that's what started this all. senator lee was right by the side of senator ted cruz a couple of weeks ago. they're the one who is said we're not going to let the american funding go forward unless we get some concessions on the healthcare law. that's all been given up by the majority, and so we expect to see a set of votes to go forward tonight. after it goes over in the senate it will get kicked over to the house. watch for that vote as well. well, speaking of mike lee, tony, we've been profiling the move to the house and senate over the last couple of days at this time who are the tea party conservatives. we talked about senator lee just last week. another tea party conservative is phil gingrey republican from georgia. he plans to vote no on this bill. here's what he had to say earlier this evening. >> i will not be able to vote for the bill. i would imagine that it will pass, but it will be--i
mike lee, the republican of utah, was on the floor. he was railing against the federal healthcare law which he calls obamacare. if you recall that's what started this all. senator lee was right by the side of senator ted cruz a couple of weeks ago. they're the one who is said we're not going to let the american funding go forward unless we get some concessions on the healthcare law. that's all been given up by the majority, and so we expect to see a set of votes to go forward tonight. after it...
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mike lee cannot stop obamacare. [indiscernible] we have two more, three more, gentlemen, ladies, thank you for your passion, but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. [chanting] it is unfortunate -- it is unfortunate that the administration -- [chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa!>> the nice thing is the -- >> you know, the nice thing is the left will always, always, always tell you who they fear. and they fear you. they fear the american people. the fundamental problem in washington is washington is not listening to america. and what happens? this fight on obamacare, we went to make the case to the american people, and in a matter of a few weeks, over 2 million american sign that petition on dontfundit.com. [applause] it is because of you that the house of representatives has been standing strong, because the house has been listening to the people. [applause] it is because of you that for the past two months the country has engaged in a national debate about the enormous harms obamacare
mike lee cannot stop obamacare. [indiscernible] we have two more, three more, gentlemen, ladies, thank you for your passion, but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. [chanting] it is unfortunate -- it is unfortunate that the administration -- [chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa!>> the nice thing is the -- >> you know, the nice thing is the left will always, always, always tell you who they fear. and they fear you. they fear the american people....
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. >> mike lee, i am your father. >> move over, ted cruz. senator mike lee has a new daddy in town. lee was cruz's disciple during the shutdown. but it's no longer just cruz what wants to take the senator under his wing. >> senator, if they continue to attack you because you are very brave and history is going to prove you right on this, i promise i'll do everything i can do. we'll go out to utah, we'll have a big tea party out there and remind them why you were elected. how's that? >> wonderful. thank you, sean. >> yes. hannity's loving arms might be the only place mike lee has left to go. mike lee's approval ratings are lower than whale manure on the bottom of the ocean and his efforts to defund obama care put him there. they are mounting a way to push him out. hannity, which side are you on? it's no wonder he cost the economy $24 billion. sean hannity wants to do everything he can to make sure he hurts america again. if sean hannity thinks he's being a great american, he can keep on pretending. ♪ as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you rea
. >> mike lee, i am your father. >> move over, ted cruz. senator mike lee has a new daddy in town. lee was cruz's disciple during the shutdown. but it's no longer just cruz what wants to take the senator under his wing. >> senator, if they continue to attack you because you are very brave and history is going to prove you right on this, i promise i'll do everything i can do. we'll go out to utah, we'll have a big tea party out there and remind them why you were elected. how's...
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today ted cruz's right hand man, utah senator mike lee is feeling the heat. the washington post reports gop backlash over the shutdown, a romney campaign chairman called him a show horse who just wants to be a speck tackle, his approval rating is down ten points since june. so how's the shutdown leader ted cruz doing? well, the conservative chamber of commerce president says the business community would like ted cruz to sit down and shut up. but he's not ready for that. >> i'll tell you, i'm hopeful. with a little bit of time and reflection that senate republicans would decide to come together again. i would love to see republican unity, to have all of us stand together against this train wreck that is obama care. >> there is only one train wreck here, the gop. some are suing. looks like the polls are about to go even lower. joining me now, abbey huntsman and michelle connel. thank you for being here. >> abbey, the polls show the shutdown record lows but they don't seem ready to change. where is the party, the republican party headed? >> it's a little confusi
today ted cruz's right hand man, utah senator mike lee is feeling the heat. the washington post reports gop backlash over the shutdown, a romney campaign chairman called him a show horse who just wants to be a speck tackle, his approval rating is down ten points since june. so how's the shutdown leader ted cruz doing? well, the conservative chamber of commerce president says the business community would like ted cruz to sit down and shut up. but he's not ready for that. >> i'll tell you,...
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. >> i just want to remind president obama mike lee and ted -- mike lee and ted cruz, they did run for election and they did win. and they campaigned on getting rid of obama care so they went to washington and they did exactly what they were elected to do. the people that elected mike lee and ted cruz are very happy. >> joining me now, i want to read what ted cruz told you about shutting down the government. on restoring jobs and economic growth. that will remain my focus and it hoped it would be the focus of the house republicans and senate republicans joined together and united. it is just astonishing the things he says about other republicans. >> i don't think that civil war is ready to end at all. when i sat down with senator mcconnel who said he would like to have the shut downs end but when i spoke to senator cruz the next day, he wants to continue to fight into january and february. >> i tend to be on the side of numbers and in this case i think the numbers have clearly demonstrated that mitch was right and ted cruz was wrong. i think the shut down has actually improved the poll
. >> i just want to remind president obama mike lee and ted -- mike lee and ted cruz, they did run for election and they did win. and they campaigned on getting rid of obama care so they went to washington and they did exactly what they were elected to do. the people that elected mike lee and ted cruz are very happy. >> joining me now, i want to read what ted cruz told you about shutting down the government. on restoring jobs and economic growth. that will remain my focus and it...
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but also consider utah senator mike lee. when senator lee told a tv station in his home state this week, kutv, that even though furloughed staffers were going without their salaries, he would continue to get his paycheck, buzzfeed picked it up. he told hometown press, i'm working, i'll continue to be paid. once that quote ended up getting national attention, senator mike lee denied he had ever said it. his staff called buzzfeed and tried to get them to take down their quote, saying kutv's story is wrong. we have called for a correction. really? you never said that? you never said, "i'm working, i will continue to be paid"? the tv station was wrong? they made up that quote? no, the tv station, it turns out, was not wrong, which the tv station proved by releasing the tape of mike lee saying exactly that thing. >> i've seen a list of dozens of senators and congressmen who have decided they're not going to take any pay during the shutdown. do you have any plans to do something like that? >> uh, ah, i don't. >> you will continue
but also consider utah senator mike lee. when senator lee told a tv station in his home state this week, kutv, that even though furloughed staffers were going without their salaries, he would continue to get his paycheck, buzzfeed picked it up. he told hometown press, i'm working, i'll continue to be paid. once that quote ended up getting national attention, senator mike lee denied he had ever said it. his staff called buzzfeed and tried to get them to take down their quote, saying kutv's story...
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you had mike lee and both of them beat establishment to get to the senate so it's a combination of andistricting and big money activism on the far right. gwen: explain to me and explain to a lot of people who watch casually, how it is that the mainstream republicans to a said this is craziness, we shouldn't be doing this, and yet they weren't able it, where were mitch inonnell and john boehner all of this, being rolled? >> to some extent. there's a clear absence of leadership and in part it is because as we all know the risk presumably of the speakership or felt and acted as that we he were. if he didn't do these things -- i think a lot of people thought at the beginning he would try a of things to satisfy the hard-liners in his conference and then sort of say, well, bute fought the good fight we don't want to go all the way to a shutdown and in fact he let go well beyond that and wouldn't give in, and it then wills betweenof the two side and personal existed, that i think but the power of the outside forces that now dominate a lot of politics -- in this case, heritage action, the club for conse
you had mike lee and both of them beat establishment to get to the senate so it's a combination of andistricting and big money activism on the far right. gwen: explain to me and explain to a lot of people who watch casually, how it is that the mainstream republicans to a said this is craziness, we shouldn't be doing this, and yet they weren't able it, where were mitch inonnell and john boehner all of this, being rolled? >> to some extent. there's a clear absence of leadership and in part...
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senator mike lee speaking earlier at the summit. senator ted cruz now speaking he for those gathered here in washington. that summit continues through the weekend. earlier today, we spoke to steven dennis, white house correspondent with roll call, about the latest on the budget impasse. to talk about the negotiations. we should not call the negotiations, right? it depends on what they are negotiating about. , manyesident made clear times, that he would not negotiate over some kind of ransom but he has been open to talking about setting up a budget process, some kind of framework for getting a bigger budget deal done. that seems to be where they are going. that is the opening he provided a few days ago in his press conference and is one that they have continued to subtly put out there as a way to give republican some assurance that those negotiations would be real and substantive and cover some of the issues they want to cover , and yet, reopen the government. that is the real question, not just the short-term debt deal, which is sta
senator mike lee speaking earlier at the summit. senator ted cruz now speaking he for those gathered here in washington. that summit continues through the weekend. earlier today, we spoke to steven dennis, white house correspondent with roll call, about the latest on the budget impasse. to talk about the negotiations. we should not call the negotiations, right? it depends on what they are negotiating about. , manyesident made clear times, that he would not negotiate over some kind of ransom but...
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mike lee cannot stop obamacare. we have two more, thank you.[indiscernible] for your passion, but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. [chanting] it is unfortunate -- it is unfortunate that the administration -- [chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! >> the nice thing is the left will always, always, always tell you who they fear. and they fear you. they fear the american people. the fundamental problem in washington is washington is not listening to america. this fight on obamacare, we went to make the case to the american people, and in a matter of a few weeks, over 2 million american sign that petition on dontfundit.com. [applause] it is because of you that the house of representatives has been standing strong, because the house has been listening to the people. [applause] it is because of you that for the past two months the country has engaged in a national debate about the enormous harms obamacare is causing, all the millions of americans who are losing their jobs, being pushed into part-time work, losing their heal
mike lee cannot stop obamacare. we have two more, thank you.[indiscernible] for your passion, but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. [chanting] it is unfortunate -- it is unfortunate that the administration -- [chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! >> the nice thing is the left will always, always, always tell you who they fear. and they fear you. they fear the american people. the fundamental problem in washington is washington is not listening to america....
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i will be joined by mike lee. ann coulter joins us tonight. today is day three of the obama care roll out. this administration had years to figure this out. but still the imple men tags has been nothing short of a mess and a failure. to prove this, we have now tasked our very own ainsley errhart. she's been there and she'll try to uh sign up for the president's disastrous health care law, obama care. >> i have been home all day trying to sign up, too. i haven't been able to get in. we'll try it now. health care.gov. click on the site. here we go. click on health care.gov. apply now. >> okay. >> click on that. takes a minute. choose your state. i chose first south carolina. this is where i'm originally from. we'll do your state next, sean. you're from new york. this is what you get when you try to apply in south carolina. we have a lot of visitors on the site right now. please stay on this page. we are working to make the experience better. we don't want you to lose your place in line. >> my future state is florida. i can't get out of new york
i will be joined by mike lee. ann coulter joins us tonight. today is day three of the obama care roll out. this administration had years to figure this out. but still the imple men tags has been nothing short of a mess and a failure. to prove this, we have now tasked our very own ainsley errhart. she's been there and she'll try to uh sign up for the president's disastrous health care law, obama care. >> i have been home all day trying to sign up, too. i haven't been able to get in. we'll...
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mi people respect mike lee and think this is all about mike lee running for president. listen, republicans gave up their best negotiating position with the debt limit because of this terrible strategy. everybody warned republicans against it except ted cruz, marco rubio, mike lee and 30 or so people in the house. >> what you are saying is paying off or not paying off for republicans because increasingly republican fund-raisers are feeling pressure from most of their zoners to really stop. because of the politics behind the shut down. the major donors have deep reservations and have stopped giving all together because of the growing tea party influence and what they see as the impasse on handling the shut down. donor said republicans misread the mood of the country going into the shut down, adding we are finding a marvelous way to grab defeat from the jaws of victory. another donor who had fund-raisers for paul ryan, tom cotton said he is done giving money to the national congressional committee saying when you have a segment who dictated the rest of the country, the res
mi people respect mike lee and think this is all about mike lee running for president. listen, republicans gave up their best negotiating position with the debt limit because of this terrible strategy. everybody warned republicans against it except ted cruz, marco rubio, mike lee and 30 or so people in the house. >> what you are saying is paying off or not paying off for republicans because increasingly republican fund-raisers are feeling pressure from most of their zoners to really stop....
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a bunch of governors and senators including mike lee and ted cruz. let's see them in debates and how it shakes out. on your point on more tea party and less tea party it varies from state to state. the democrats have these incredibly conservative democrats you never hear about. mark pryor you just had him on from arkansas. mary landrieu of louisiana. are they down has ration these conservative democrats? no, bob casey in pennsylvania, they know this is the best we're going to get in these states. why are tea partiers, not tea partiers, it's diletantes. why are they demanding purity from republicans in a state that is a liberal state? it's madness. not thinking about winning elections. >> in the end republicans have to show unity when they fight a general election. last time you basically had again the division with the tea party and the moderates and so. you can see exactly the same bubble beginning to boil up again. you've got a male sarah palin, a much more formidable version of sarah palin in ted cruz. >> ted cruz? >> isn't he the new sarah palin?
a bunch of governors and senators including mike lee and ted cruz. let's see them in debates and how it shakes out. on your point on more tea party and less tea party it varies from state to state. the democrats have these incredibly conservative democrats you never hear about. mark pryor you just had him on from arkansas. mary landrieu of louisiana. are they down has ration these conservative democrats? no, bob casey in pennsylvania, they know this is the best we're going to get in these...
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in utah they are going to primary mike lee. if they do -- >> oh! >> you didn't hear? >> no. >> establishment guys are targeting tea party members. >> the one thing you are supposed to depend on the establishment as we refer to it they are supposed to not primary our own guys. usually they are upset about the establishment type and the party apparatus says, no, no don't waste timen on this. we'll keep them. >> if they do though that to mike lee, i will get my buses full of people and go to sputah >> are you sure? >> 100%. >> who? do you have names? >> i will tell you off air. >> i want americans to know on air. >> this is the republican party in utah. the establishment republican party. >> i'm worried about our side, conservatives primarying incumbent republicans. you don't primary the good ones. >> some deserve to be. >> true. >> john mccain. i'd primary him. >> right now, i might not even primary marco rubio. that shows you how serious i am. >> marco rubio has been great on this. >> too late. >> there are people who need to go. >> we should talk about mary landrieu.
in utah they are going to primary mike lee. if they do -- >> oh! >> you didn't hear? >> no. >> establishment guys are targeting tea party members. >> the one thing you are supposed to depend on the establishment as we refer to it they are supposed to not primary our own guys. usually they are upset about the establishment type and the party apparatus says, no, no don't waste timen on this. we'll keep them. >> if they do though that to mike lee, i will get my...
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. >> reporter: a wild card in the estimate was if conservatives ted cruz or mike lee would hold up the vote. lee called it washington at its worst but allowed the bill to proceed. >> it appeared this particular fight will end much the same way obama care began in a last minute deal negotiated in back rooms and forced on congress and on the american people. >> reporter: speaker john boehner said the house has fought with everything it has to convince the president to engage in bipartisan negotiations to address the nation's debt and in providing fairness to the american people under obama care. boehner pledged to continue the fight and his fellow republicans say they appreciate his courage. >> the speaker got a standing ovation i think down to every man and woman that our leadership team did an outstanding job. >> praise for the speaker's leadership and after 2 1/2 weeks of this fight many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seemed ready to move forward recognizing there will be plenty of fights ahead on both spending and the debt. >> it was a really strange moment as that vote was com
. >> reporter: a wild card in the estimate was if conservatives ted cruz or mike lee would hold up the vote. lee called it washington at its worst but allowed the bill to proceed. >> it appeared this particular fight will end much the same way obama care began in a last minute deal negotiated in back rooms and forced on congress and on the american people. >> reporter: speaker john boehner said the house has fought with everything it has to convince the president to engage in...
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. >> if i were in the crowd i would have given him and mike lee the same ovation. i disagree with some -- and i don't think you are one of them -- the republicans saying they are chickens. what's the point in banging your head against the wall? it's brilliant. funding 80% of the government. fund all the government except obama care. then fund all of government plus obama care but delay it for a year. then the last week is because democrats don't want to live under obama care. they got crossed arms, no negotiation from democrats and all the name calling. republicans played it beautifully. there was no point to carrying it on. the lesson that needs to be learned we have to elect republicans. >> you're fine in the end. i'm mad at john mccain, bob corker. >> the ones who criticized. >> if republicans could hold the line like democrats, hold the ranks on principle because it is bad for the country they would have won. >> i would expand it to a lot of the media on our side. one of my points in favor of the shutdown was there was no drudge report in 1995, no fox news, no
. >> if i were in the crowd i would have given him and mike lee the same ovation. i disagree with some -- and i don't think you are one of them -- the republicans saying they are chickens. what's the point in banging your head against the wall? it's brilliant. funding 80% of the government. fund all the government except obama care. then fund all of government plus obama care but delay it for a year. then the last week is because democrats don't want to live under obama care. they got...